Wedding Day

Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church

Ceremony

White Willow Farms

Reception

Fall

Our Wedding

As a lot of you already know Holyn and I met on Bumble in 2019. She would tell you early on my chances were not looking too hot, because apparently, I am not an engaging texter. Be that as it may, we ended up exchanging numbers and from then on there was a shift. We would spend hours every night talking to one another. Sometimes even till 4 am. It did not take long for me to realize I had to meet this woman in person. So, what did I do you might ask? I ask her to go out to eat. So, the deliberation began on where we would go eat. I personally was hoping for Qdoba.&nbsp; Now before you judge me on my preferred restaurant, I was a poor struggling college grad. I was ballin’ on a budget. As the October sun began to set on the big night and I am picking out my best pair of shorts, I get a text from her that blew my plans out of the water. “Hey so I know we had plans to get dinner, but what if we instead went with my sister and her husband to Indy Scream Park?”. At that point in my life, I had never successfully navigated a scary anything. Not a movie, trail, or house. But one thing was certain, I had to meet this girl.&nbsp; So, I sacked up and agreed to the change of plans. She was thrilled and she said we can still get Qdoba on the way there. The start of this date was perfectly smooth and normal (I changed to pants by the way). We had a nice meal at Qdoba and then headed off to the park.&nbsp; Now while heading to the park, I confessed to her my lack of history with anything scary. I then proceed to tell a story about how my dad and sister once went to a haunted trail by where we lived called The Trail of Terror. And during this evening a scary man with a chainsaw continuously jumped out at them repeatedly. On the third jump out my dad proceeded to push my sister over a tree and take off down the trail feeling as if an actual psycho was chasing them. Turns out that psycho with the chainsaw was Holyn’s dad and her family ran the haunted trail. God wink? I bought the tickets and we had a nice conversation by a bonfire while her sister and brother-in-law arrived. Then we set off to the first haunted house. I am not going to go into too much detail, but that night included a lot of curse words, jump scares, a little pee dribbles, and I may have accidentally punched Holyn in the boob once, but we do not need to talk about that. All in all, it was by far the best date, let alone, first date I had ever had (which was not many). All I knew was I had to see her again. A few days later I asked her out for a second date. This time more normal and my typical speed. We went to Cracker Barrel on a Saturday morning. We had breakfast because I had to get back for the Buckeyes noon kick off with the Wisconsin Badgers. Walking around the gift shop at Cracker Barrel I could just not help from starring at how beautiful this girl was. I could not fathom what in the hell she was thinking going out on a date with me. But I was not going to be the one to point that out to her. The date ended with me dropping her off, us sharing our first kiss, and …. me missing opening kickoff. Now I was not that disappointed about that last part with how well the date went. There was one person that was… Slim Shady aka Mom. If there is one thing about my mom she loves her kids, but she loves the Ohio State Buckeyes more. She also could not handle her little boy finding a girl that she was competing with. But I digress back to the important details.&nbsp; Fast forward 3 months, we were officially dating for 2 months now and I was head over heels for her. I knew she was the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. There was only one problem. I was still poor and living at home. So, after finding a new job with a better income and becoming more financially stable I started looking for an apartment. Now, Holyn was not my first roommate of choice because I was worried what my parents might say. But I always knew I wanted her over anyone else. After one of my friends backed out of being my roommate, I decided that was a sign, I needed to ask her.&nbsp; Thank God she said yes, even though she felt a little slighted at being the second and&nbsp;not first on my list of people. Even if she was always #1. So August 1st, 2020, we moved into our apartment together which would be our home for the next year. We had a lot of issues in that apartment, but our love continued to grow. After paying for the apartment, all the new furniture, etc. it was time to prepare for the next big purchase… an engagement ring.&nbsp; Now she had taken me to the jeweler once to “get her rings cleaned”, but it really turned into engagement ring hunting quick. After spending what felt like 2 hours of her picking out bands and trying them with multiple diamond styles, she finally narrowed it down to the style she wanted the most. What she did not realize was I was using this time to figure out what I thought was the perfect ring.&nbsp; Fast forward to February of 2021. I had the money, and it was time to go buy the ring. I set my appointment, arrived and after some deliberation on the exact diamond, I was all set. There was one small hiccup, they had to custom fit the diamond to the setting. So, I would have to wait another 8-16 weeks for this thing to show up.&nbsp; Fast forward another 4 months and it is the last week in June and the ring is finally ready for pick up. Now that I had the ring, it was time to plan the proposal. From many failed plans of flying to Florida and doing it under the fireworks on the 4th&nbsp;of July. I decided on a more classic and simpler plan. The day after Holyn’s birthday I was going to take her to the beautiful Oliver Winery. While we were there my mom and Holyn’s family would be planning and executing a masterful surprise at my parents’ house.&nbsp; This is where it gets funny. Holyn anticipating that this was the day. Got all dressed up and excited. We are at the winery having fun enjoying a nice charcuterie board and some glasses of wine and I notice a shift in Holyn’s mood. It went from giddy and excitement to annoyed and frustrated. Me realizing why, I brushed it off and acted like nothing was wrong. After a few hours she said she was ready to leave because she had homework to do before stopping at my parents for a “cookout”.&nbsp; Reluctantly, I agreed and we headed back to Noblesville stopping for some margaritas and queso at a boujee Mexican restaurant. You know, the ones that charge $15 bucks for a single glass. Like give me the cheap pitchers any day! After a little longer of Holyn obviously being annoyed and asking some tough questions we headed off to the “cookout”. And you all can guess what happened next. Tears, tears, and more tears and of course - SHE SAID YES!!!!&nbsp; Now jump ahead almost 1 year 8 months we are counting down the days to when we can say 'I do' at the altar. You all are going to make that day so special, and we are so thankful that you will be a part of our love story. Every day I am thankful for the person I have chosen to be my life partner and I know she feels the same way. Love you all and thanks for reading!

Jeremy's Point Of View

Our Story

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Bridesmaids

Abby Alexander

Christina Mayes

Sarah Woelfer

Emma Shelton

Taylor Ewing

Claire Graham

Logan Bales

Hailee Charron

Groomsmen

Austin Mavity

Colby Glover

Grant Alexander

Cory Mayes

Josh Blaz

George Carson

Alex Minton

Nick Morton

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